by webstrat | Feb 29, 2016 | Champions
Download full newsletter BRENDA MOSS WORKED ALL her life in Lynchburg, Virginia to support her three sons and one grandson. Over the years she worked as a nursing and medical assistant, a sales person for a large retailer, a factory worker and a line worker at a paper... 
by | Oct 29, 2015 | Champions
IMAGINE FOR A MINUTE that you’re a teenager. Imagine not being able to sleep at night because you’re terrified of going to school the next day where you know you’ll be bullied—again. Amidst the repeated bullying from your peers, you’re expected to focus on learning... 
by jgaynor | Aug 6, 2015 | Champions
SOPHIA BOOKER HEARD about Project LIFE for the first time in 2010 when a friend invited her to a youth advisory council meeting where teens in foster care discuss shared challenges and ways to improve the system. “I just wanted to hang out with one of my friends... 
by jgaynor | Jul 29, 2015 | Champions
AS AN ADOPTION SPECIALIST with UMFS’ Adoptive Family Preservation program, Michael Staton’s job is to help adoptive families weather crises in their lives. But Michael sees it a little differently. To him, his job is to empower families to make their own decisions —... 
by jgaynor | Mar 16, 2015 | Champions
On the eve of his retirement, UMFS honors the man who leaves a long legacy of introducing new concepts to the agency, inspired by his free-spirited personality and passion for helping kids be the best they can be. Joining THE RANKS OF Muhammad Ali, Janet Reno and... 
by webstrat | Nov 5, 2014 | Champions
What makes volunteers want to shout from the rooftops the wonderful things they’ve experienced with UMFS and continually return year after year? It’s the relationships they build along the way that make them want to exceed all expectations. Brenda Litten is much more...